People are being super-nerdy about when they’re starting their New Year’s Eve countdown song

Apparently if you start listening to 'In The Air Tonight' at 23:56:44 on December 31, you'll kick off 2018 with "that really sick drum fill"

Depending on who you ask, New Year’s Eve is either the best or most-overrated night of the year. But whichever side of the debate you come down on, it’s still very unlikely that you won’t be arsed about taking stock of the clock as we all welcome in the shiny, please-don’t-be-shit New Year at the end of the month.

And, as with every new calendar year, we all wanna start it right: be that through diligently following a New Year’s resolution until you inevitably forget about it by 2:03pm on January 2, or by just making sure that you see in yet another year as euphorically/drunkenly/tearfully (delete as applicable) as possible.

So instead of fucking about this year and most probably missing the big moment, why not prepare yourself for the countdown to 2018 by indulging in Twitter’s current fascination of choosing an iconic piece of popular music and queuing its most seismic moment to welcome in the New Year?

Here’s the pitch: pick one of your favourite artist’s biggest songs – preferably a track with a memorable lyric, key change or life-affirming scream half-way in – and queue it up so that, as the clock strikes 00:00 on January 1, 2018, the euphoric moment in question will be the first thing you hear in 2018.

Here’s a few suggestions from the Twittersphere to get you inspired.

If you start listening to "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins at 11:56:44 on 12/31 you'll start 2018 off with that really sick drum fill.

If you start listening to “Monster” by Kanye West on December 31st at 11:55:08, the scream Nicki Minaj lets out before shouting “I’M A MUTHAFUCKIN MONSTER” will be perfectly synced with the switch from 2017 to 2018 at midnight. Which is a great way to end and start the year. https://t.co/HElWNFyUAy

If you start listening to “Roots And Branches” at exactly 11:58:35 on New Years Eve, you can sing along to “Am I meant to be alone” at exactly Midnight and watch all your friends have New Years kisses while you subtly cry into a glass of Martinelli’s.

If you play Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sounds Of Silence" at exactly 11:59:57 pm, you'll hear the incredibly apt line "hello darkness my old friend" at exactly midnight. Perfect way to start off 2018. https://t.co/7wOwuZ4aG8

If you start listening to “Nights” by Frank Ocean on December 31st at 11:56:30, the transition in the song will be perfectly synced with the switch from 2017 to 2018 at midnight. Which is a great way to end and start the year. 🤞🏾

If you play "Man's not hot" by @MichaelDapaah at exactly 11:58:20 on New Year’s Eve, you’ll hear “The ting goes skrrrahh Pap, pap, ka-ka-ka Skidiki-pap-pap And a pu-pu-pudrrrr-boom” exactly when the fireworks go off. Start your new year right. @grande1899

If you start listening to "I am a god" by Kanye West at 11:57:08 on December 31st, the sound of kanye screaming at the top of his lungs will be perfectly synced with the first seconds of 2018. What a great way to start the New Year

If you play this video at exactly 11.59.39pm on New Year's Eve, Fergus Beeley will shout "put your hands on the car and get ready to die" at exactly midnight. Kick off 2018 the way it's meant to be https://t.co/jgDEo8xfp9